Grass fires rise across Ohio as dryness spreads
Extremely dry conditions trigger a statewide outbreak of grass fires, mostly from burning debris. Ohio fire crews report 46 incidents. Wellington sees 14 since Saturday, Lagrange and Lorain log multiple blazes, Elyria handles 18 in two days, and officials urge caution with outdoor burning and discarded cigarettes.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Wellington
Bill Weber
Elyria
Middle Ave
J.P. Rinager
Amherst man dies from burns while burning field
Anthony Yurovich 65 of South Dewey Road died after a grass burn went out of control in a field near his home. He was found by his wife and died at St. Joseph Hospital Lorain with burns covering about 75 percent of his body. Police and deputies responded as the Amherst Fire Department fought the blaze.
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Amherst
Anthony Yurovich
South Dewey Road
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Paul J. Kopsch
Yurovich
Lorain County
Amherst Volunteer Fire Department
Two S. Amherst School Board Members Walk Out
South Amherst report says two board members John Lupe and Lawrence Holm left a meeting triggering adjournment for lack of quorum. Heated talks concerned muddy play areas, blacktop, and recess. another clash focused on hiring classroom monitors when substitute teachers are unavailable.
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S. Amherst School Board
South Amherst
John Lupe
Lawrence Holm
Lewis Hyster
Lupe
Holm
Elyria man named Grafton police chief in village history
The Grafton village council appointed Donald Holman 43 of Elyria as chief of police effective April 1 with an annual salary of 5200 dollars. He replaces Daniel Remechuk who resigned February 28 leaving the village briefly without a fulltime officer. Holman currently supervises at the Lorain County Detention Home and plans to move to Grafton soon after a 20 year U S Army career.
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Grafton
Elyria
Council
Donald Holman
Fourth St
Holman
Daniel Remechuk
Remchuk
Lorain County
U.S. Army
Camelot comes to life at Elyria District Catholic High School
EDCHS stages the Lerner Lowe musical Camelot next weekend with a 52 member cast headed by Cliff Perryman as King Arthur Margie Madhock as Guenevere and Greg Vieland as Lancelot. Performances are 8 p.m. March 28 29 and 30 in the school auditorium with a three hour running time and a 15 minute intermission.
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King Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Elyria District Catholic High School
Camelot
Richard Lerner
Alan Lowe
Cliff Perryman
Margie Madhock
Greg Vieland
Queen Guenivere
Lancelot
Dave Smith
Pellinore
Della Genson
Morgan le Fay
Bruce Thompson
Merlin
King Arthur’s Court
Thomas Simiele
EDCHS grad to direct school
Lorain appoints Rev. Thomas A. Boone former Elyria resident as director of the new Lorain Catholic High School. Boone, ordained in 1961, has served at St. Peter Lorain St. Michael Independence and St. Sebastian Akron and will oversee completion of construction on Falbo Avenue.
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Lorain
Thomas A. Boone
Elyria
Lorain Catholic
Boone
Diocese of
Cleveland
Lorain St. Peter Church
Leora Boone
St. Michael Church
Independence
St. Sebastian
Akron
St. Peter
Falbo Avenue
Five Elyria Professionals Plan Move to Middle Avenue
Five Elyria business and professional men with offices in the Elyria Savings and Trust Co National Bank Building plan to relocate to 401 Middle Ave near the FA Humphrey residence corner of Middle Avenue and Fourth Street. The group, led by Thomas D. Bowen a certified public accountant and treasurer of Lorain County Com, is listed in alphabetical order.
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Elyria
Elyria Savings & Trust Co. National Bank
Middle Ave
FA. Humphrey
Middle Avenue
Fourth Street
Thomas D. Bowen
Lorain County Com
Antlers Hotel Sold at Sheriff Auction for 136000
The Antlers Hotel at Washington and West Erie Avenues in Lorain sold today to Pioneer Savings and Loan Co of Cleveland for 136000. John Coyne represented Pioneer and bid up from 111667 two thirds of appraised value. Hamilton Properties considered bids but withdrew. The sale ends a era of the hotel once famed for society and later tied to a vice crackdown that led to the owner's arrest.
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Antlers
Lorain
Washington and
West Erie Avenues
Pioneer Savings and Loan Co
Cleveland
John Coyne
Pioneer
Hamilton Properties Co
Hamilton Properties
Hamilton
Harlan Chapman
Vice
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Merlin the Wizard
Dave Horan
Lionel
Larry Smith
Dunedin
Dick McKinney
EDCHS
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